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Today CERN inaugurated the ELENA building (393) after less than a year's construction work
At the world's largest industrial fair, CERN and ESA are presenting technology developed for particle physics that can find applications in space
Measurements with neutrinos seemed impossible eight decades ago, but by 1974 the Gargamelle team had used them to reveal the quark structure of matter
The LHCb collaboration today published an unambiguous observation of an exotic particle that cannot be classified within the traditional quark model
Phil Burrows of the University of Oxford succeeds Roberto Corsini of CERN as spokesperson for the CLIC accelerator collaboration
At a ceremony today in Hong Kong, the Internet Society has recognized Ben Segal for his contributions to the development of the internet
The 113th meeting of the SPS and PS experiments committee brings updates from NA62, AEGIS and GBAR among others. Watch the live webcast
For some Greek students, the journey to the world of particle physics starts at the primary school
CERN will share a stand with the European Space Agency at the world's largest industrial fair
CERN and the European Space Agency will present their spin-off technologies at the world’s biggest industrial fair
With nearly 300 teams submitting proposals for the CERN “Beamline for Schools” competition, which one will win?
An experiment conducted at CERN's ISOLDE facility may help scientists better to understand the collapse of massive stars